Gating circuits utilizing ferroelectric capacitors

Claim 1

A GATING CIRCUIT COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITORS EACH HAVING FIRST AND SECOND REMANENT STATES, A SOURCE OF ALTERNATING VOLTAGE HAVING FIRST ALTERNATE HALF CYCLES OF A FIRST POLARITY AND SECOND ALTERNATE HALF CYCLES OF A SECOND POLARITY, A FIRST RECTIFIER CONNECTING SAID SOURCE TO SAID FIRST FERROLECTRIC CAPACITOR, SAID FIRST RECTIFIER BEING POLED SUCH THAT SAID FIRST ALTERNATE HALF CYCLES SWITCH SAID FIRST FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR INTO ITS FIRST REMANENT STATE, A SECOND RECTIFIER CONNECTING SAID SOURCE TO SAID SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR, SAID SECOND RECTIFIER BEING POLED SUCH THAT SAID SECOND ALTERNATE HALF CYCLES SWITCH SAID SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR INTO ITS FIRST REMANENT STATE, INPUT MEANS FOR SWITCHING SAID FIRST FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR TO ITS SECOND REMANENT STATE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITORS WHEREBY SAID SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR IS SWITCHED FROM ITS FIRST TO ITS SECOND REMANENT STATE IN RESPONSE TO SAID FIRST FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR BEING SWITCHED FROM ITS SECOND TO ITS FIRST REMANENT STATE, AND MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM SAID SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR IN RESPONSE TO SAID SECOND FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR BEING SWITCHED FROM ITS SECOND TO ITS FIRST REMANENT STATE.